full of life, action, or spirit; lively; vigorous: an animated debate on the death penalty. made or equipped to move or give the appearance of moving in an animallike fashion: animated puppets. containing representations of animals or mechanical objects that appear to move as real ones do: an animated window display. to give life to; make alive: God animated the dust. to make lively, vivacious, or vigorous; give zest or spirit to: Her presence animated the party. to fill with courage or boldness; encourage: to animate weary troops. to move or stir to action; motivate: He was animated by religious zeal. to give motion to: leaves animated by a breeze. to prepare or produce as an : to animate a children’s story. alive; possessing life: animate creatures. lively: an animate expression of joy. of or relating to animal life. able to move voluntarily. Linguistics. belonging to a syntactic category or having a semantic feature that is characteristic of words denoting beings regarded as having perception and volition (opposed to ). Contemporary Examples

In a Japanese animated series, the Merry Men presented a strong pro-environmental message. Robin Hood’s Amazing Run Allen Barra May 11, 2010

The 2010 house features multiple-story-high trees, animated Santa’s helping elves, and a fully lit yard. Best Christmas Lights Displays, Starring Elvis, the Grinch, More (Video) The Daily Beast Video December 23, 2011

For the time being, she is content with watching her animated first born leave the nest. ‘Arthur Christmas’: The Making of the New Aardman Film Lorenza Muñoz November 22, 2011

Its biggest success so far, gauging by buzz more than anything else, has been The Awesomes, an animated series from Seth Meyers. Hulu’s Very Funny ‘Hotwives of Orlando’ Takes on Netflix Kevin Fallon July 14, 2014

Historical Examples

They lived, and were animated with the frenzied fear of trapped things. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Various

Devoted to the Border sports, in which he was formerly an active performer, he has celebrated them in animated verse. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. Various

But Camilla’s letter had, as we have seen, raised his courage and animated his heart. Night and Morning, Complete Edward Bulwer-Lytton

While they were eating, Baxter and his companions held a low, but animated, conversation. The Rover Boys In The Mountains Arthur M. Winfield

adjective full of vivacity and spirit; lively characterized by movement and activity: an animated scene met her eye possessing life; animate moving or appearing to move as if alive: an animated display pertaining to cinematographic animationverb (transitive) (ˈænɪˌmeɪt) to give life to or cause to come alive to make lively; enliven to encourage or inspire to impart motion to; move to action or work to record on film or video tape so as to give movement to: an animated cartoonadjective (ˈænɪmɪt) being alive or having life gay, spirited, or livelyadj.

the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor. Historical Examples We were anxious, too, to taste the national drink, which has the alias of […]

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